You’re probably looking for a long checklist of ChMS features, but your ministry is about more than just a checklist of tasks—

it’s about people.

Do your ministry processes help you CONNECT, ENGAGE, and GROW disciples? Our church management solution (ChMS) isn’t just another piece of software. It’s an intuitive foundation for your ministry that tackles the challenges of visitor retention, timely communication, discipleship, small group facilitation, and more.

Christ Community Church

Rochester, MN

"We took advantage of the opportunity to have someone from Elexio come to our site to train all of our staff at the same time. This dramatically impacted our learning curve and our staff quickly caught the vision for what we can do with a ChMS product designed with discipleship and assimilation in mind. Having an electronic check-in system connected with the database has allowed us to revamp our registration, check-in, and pick-up process to become more efficient and consistent. The process is easy to learn and much quicker than our old paper check-in system, and much more secure. [Elexio’s system] has become the central hub for ministry information at Christ Community Church."

Incorporate the necessary tools into your church processes so you can step away from data entry and focus on ministry. With automated communication, simplified reporting, and full integration, you've got the process support to help your church grow deep and wide.

visitor connection

The greatest growth opportunity for any church is visitor connection and retention. Tools that equip you with the visibility (follow-ups and tasks), automated communication (queued emails and letters), and delegated face-to-face connection are all crucial to visitor follow-up.

attendee engagement

You got guests in the door—but how do you make sure they stick around? Continue the connection with a deeper understanding of who they are. Present opportunities to worship, engage, and even serve with your church. A mobile app, online access, and updated community calendars will make it easy for them to get involved and for you to make sure no one falls through the cracks in assimilation.

continued connection & dicipleship

Is your church community truly plugged in and advancing through the discipleship process? Make it easy for them to find a small group, sign up for volunteer opportunities, communicate with other members, and share resources. Allow small group leaders to track attendance through mobile or online access and monitor discipleship status.

seamless events

Whether it's an Easter cantata or men's retreat, church events help bring new people into the church and foster community. Plan ahead with facility and resource approvals, volunteer communication, simple registration options, and publicity tools. Measure the success of each event with check-in and attendance tracking.

kingdom-building support

Money. We don’t like to focus on it, but it’s what allows us to stay focused on reaching souls. Giving solutions through mobile, online access, and kiosks provide more options for your people to give—leading to increased and more consistent contributions. And simplified entry and reconciliation mean efficiency for your staff.

Christ Community Church is a congregation of 1,500 in Rochester, Minnesota. They needed a system that provided tools to facilitate discipleship and get people involved as well as a fast, secure check-in process.

Christ Community Church selected the ChMS database, check-in, mobile app, and website CMS from Elexio to meet the needs of their staff and the church community.

They now have a fully integrated system that supports their ministry goals. The online portal and mobile app make it easy to keep people aware of ministry opportunities and for the church community to register for events. The intuitive check-in system provides secure access options and makes the process more consistent and easier for families. With all information automatically updating to the church database, the staff’s workload is minimized and people stay connected.

"We took advantage of the opportunity to have someone from Elexio come to our site to train all of our staff at the same time. This dramatically impacted our learning curve and our staff quickly caught the vision for what we can do with a ChMS product designed with discipleship and assimilation in mind. Having an electronic check-in system connected with the database has allowed us to revamp our registration, check-in, and pick-up process to become more efficient and consistent. The process is easy to learn and much quicker than our old paper check-in system, and much more secure. [Elexio’s system] has become the central hub for ministry information at Christ Community Church."

Brandon Ganz, Pastor of Administration at Christ Community Church

"I’ve witnessed the use of this software truly making a difference in people’s lives – connecting them, moving them toward getting involved, making them feel valued and appreciated."

Alison Bodin, Journey Church

Your church is making its first impression before people even drive by the facilities or attend a service. Potential visitors are going online first to learn more about you. Is your church website a genuine, relevant display of who you are and what you value? Because that’s what will attract people to come experience worship with you. Have you posted the latest media updates and upcoming events? Can visitors quickly understand who you are and what you believe? And can they easily navigate all this from their mobile devices? A content management system that's designed for the local church provides the tools to make your website just what visitors are looking for--and what your church community needs.

Isle of Faith UMC

Jacksonville, Florida

"Each time I have changed the design the transition has been easy and the staff at Elexio has been so helpful. It was almost no work at all. And I truly love the way it is working for our church. I am getting such positive comments from everyone. One of the most frequent comments I get from people who visit our website is that it is so easy to use and always up to date. The content management system is superb. I would not hesitate to enthusiastically recommend [Elexio’s CMS] to anyone."

You'd never advertise a little white chapel in a rolling meadow on your church website when you’re actually an urban satellite campus in the heart of downtown. So all images, videos, and the other elements of your website should be genuine examples of who you are as a church. Easy editing and uploading options as well as a media center make this content management system flexible for every church to use. Choose from a variety of flexible canvas templates or select a custom design.

community. connected.

Your church website isn't just about helping visitors learn more—it should also serve as a connection tool for your church community. An online church photo directory and small group tools like member interaction, attendance, and group finder keep community strong throughout the entire week. Allow members to find service opportunities, register for events, and set up recurring giving when it's convenient for them. With the option to print their own contribution statements and update personal information, your people will minimize the staff's workload.

platform independent

With a shift in how people access your church website, it’s important to consider solutions that respond well to any size device. If visitors can’t get the information they want on a smartphone, they may leave your website feeling the church has no relevance to them. Opt for a responsive website design to expand your influence and look great from any device.

no site is an island

A good website shouldn’t stand alone—it should connect with the backbone of your church management. Integration means community interest requests (contributions, event registration, newsletter subscription, small group sign-up) should all direct back to your ChMS automatically. Elexio’s solutions simplify these processes so you can spend your time connecting with people rather than re-entering data.

Isle of Faith United Methodist Church is a church of 300 located in Jacksonville, Florida. They were looking for a CMS that would allow them to keep their website fresh and relevant. The staff was not proficient in HTML, so they also needed a user-friendly solution that would make the transition to responsive seamless.

Isle of Faith chose the Elexio Website CMS and a standard canvas design to update the church’s web presence and become mobile-friendly.

They now have a fully responsive website that the church community loves and anyone on staff can easily update. Adding pages and updating the event calendar is simple and fast. Switching out original photos, adding social links, and dropping in the church logo made the website a true representation of the church. It’s a unique website that can grow and change as they do.

"Each time I have changed the design the transition has been easy and the staff at Elexio has been so helpful. It was almost no work at all. And I truly love the way it is working for our church. I am getting such positive comments from everyone. One of the most frequent comments I get from people who visit our website is that it is so easy to use and always up to date. The content management system is superb. I would not hesitate to enthusiastically recommend [Elexio’s CMS] to anyone."

Judy Shedd, Administrative Secretary at Isle of Faith UMC

Mobile access is one of the best ways to connect with today’s culture. Through an integrated mobile app for iPhone or Android, you can provide your church community with event details, media, community connection, and giving options as well as equip your staff with tools for connection, follow-up, and more. And the best part—it’s FREE with your subscription to Elexio’s Database solution!

mobilized community

People naturally crave community and connection—especially within the church. A mobile church directory allows them to access the information of other members when and where they need it*, while staff notes and follow-ups make it easy for church leadership to stay organized on the go.

*All features can be enabled and disabled according to personal church privacy policies

simplified connection

New attendees want plenty of details about the church at their fingertips. A custom-branded church mobile app is easy to find in the App or Google Play Store and provides them with all the contact information they need. They can check out the latest video series in the media center or follow the connection tab to learn about opportunities to get involved with their new church community.

immediate response

People might not remember to make their weekly contribution or sign up for the upcoming seminar online during the week. Encourage your church community to use the mobile app while these things are still fresh on their minds—even from their seats before the service. Mobile giving will stabilize your church contributions, and your people will love the convenience of registering—and paying—for events right from their smartphones.

expedited attendance

People don't want to wait in line to check their kids into the nursery or sign into a class. Mobile check-in allows them to save time by starting the process from their phones on the way to church then scanning a barcode to print nametags. Volunteers can use the app to take attendance on a tablet or smartphone as people walk through the door. It even works when your check-in kiosks are running offline.

Chestnut Mountain Church is a congregation of 600 in Flowery Branch, Georgia. They needed an integrated system that would streamline communication with the church community, simplify giving and event registration, and help the staff quickly get key information when they needed it.

Chestnut Mountain Church chose Elexio to integrate these processes through the ChMS database, website, check-in system, and mobile app.

They now have mobile and online giving options available that automatically update their database, saving time for the staff. Just these new tools bring in over $40,000 a month. The church community can also register and pay for events through the mobile app or online portal, and managing those events from the database is simple for volunteers and staff. They’ve been able to eliminate paper attendance sheets as people check into classes at kiosks and small group leaders track attendance online. This information makes it easy for the staff to know who’s involved and growing. They can then use communication tools through the website CMS and ChMS database to engage the church community and encourage them to use these great tools at their fingertips. Staff and volunteers no longer spend hours each week entering contribution and attendance records, creating bulletins, and managing events.

"Now that we have switched our website to [Elexio], communication and relevant content is always online. We’ve eliminated our weekend bulletin and only have sermon notes now. We communicate through the [check-in] screen savers and website. The communication level at the church is the highest it’s ever been. We have a better handle on who is actively attending than any church I know. A customized app is now being developed for us. I can’t wait to be able to present that to the church. It’s going to take us to another level. Electronic giving is a huge area of help. We have many [online] users that set up recurring giving. All of that merges with [the database] so we don’t have to sit and enter. Huge time saver!"

Experience is everything to the family that has just connected with your ministry. And that first experience happens at your check-in station as they're dropping their kids off at the nursery. They were met by the greeters, but what would they say about the check-in process? Was it quick and easy? Did they feel confident that your church has a secure system?

visitor engagement

The connection process begins when guests feel like a part of the church community as soon as they walk through the door. In just a few seconds, visitors can check their families in and that information will automatically enter your database, ready for follow-up communication. A simple, organized system will impress your guests and keep them coming back.

Whether it’s a special event or Sunday morning class, tracking attendance and volunteer involvement is key to facilitating discipleship and spiritual growth. Without the need to manually enter records into your church database, you can easily send out a follow-up communication to all attendees.

mobile convenience

Don't keep people waiting around in a congested check-in station. Allow them to check in through the mobile app on any iOS or Android device then scan a confirmation barcode once they arrive to print nametags. Or station volunteers at entrances so they can work in administrative mode and check people in from a tablet--even if your kiosks are running offline.

Northview Church is a multisite congregation based in Carmel, Indiana. Their former check-in system was confusing and caused issues even for seasoned attendees. In fact, only a few staff members could use the old system effectively. They needed an intuitive system that would be easy to use for everyone, including visitors.

Northview Church made the switch to Elexio’s Check-in system—along with the ChMS database—to provide a more user-friendly experience for their church community. They also invested in onsite training to get their entire staff on board with the new process.

The church now has a system in use at all campuses that not only expedites the check-in process but also encourages name recognition and fellowship with printed nametags. It keeps kids safe, simplifies attendance tracking, and leaves a lasting positive impression on guests.

"We are really excited about the ease of check-in now. We have beautiful, permanent touch screen stations in the lobby and atrium. [Elexio] offers superior customer service to their customers [which is] what we really love most about them and what really sets them apart from all the other companies out there."

Melissa Sanders, Elexio Coordinator at Northview Church

People are trading in their cash and checkbooks for credit cards and digital payments. More convenient integrated options and easy-to-use tools means increased and more consistent giving for your church.

online giving

A secure online portal allows your church community to give to a designated fund via bank account, debit card, or credit card whenever it's convenient. They can even save their payment information or set up recurring giving--so your numbers don't take a hit during vacation season. Online giving also makes it easy for your people to access their giving history and print their own contribution statements.

mobile giving

Giving through the free* mobile app makes it easy for your people to give anytime, anywhere. Like online giving, mobile giving allows your church community to enter their payment information and donate to the fund of their choosing. And with saved payment information, it's convenient giving at their fingertips.

giving kiosk

Touchscreen giving kiosks allow people to make fund-specific contributions from their debit or credit cards—even anonymous gifts. They can also connect with a small group, find a service opportunity, submit prayer requests, and update personal information from a self-service kiosk.

text to give

With text to give, people can donate to your church by simply texting a keyword and dollar amount to an assigned short code. First-time givers and guests can make contributions in seconds without creating an account, and your church staff will save time on data entry. The text to give service is convenient, secure, and comes free with the Elexio Database.

financial processing services

Choose our financial processing services to cut out the third party and save your church time and money. Our low rates combined with our integrated system result in simplified reporting and a significant savings in monthly processing fees so more of those gifts make it back to your church.

contribution management

All gifts through the online portal, mobile app, text, and giving kiosks update directly to the church database. Your staff and volunteers will save time with check scanning and short keystroke entry for cash contributions. Paired with our financial processing services, bank reconciliation reports further streamline the process. And your church community can contribute to the process! With user-accessed contribution statements, you'll minimize the number of requests to the business office. *Comes free with the Elexio Database

Community Fellowship Church is an established church of 600 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. They were looking for an easier way for their church community to give when it was convenient for them.

Community Fellowship Church stopped passing around the offering plate each week in favor of integrated online and mobile giving options through Elexio.

They now receive an average of 64% of their giving online, and some weeks it’s as high as 85%. Even during the transition, the church never saw a drop in contributions. While giving typically decreases in the summer for churches, their giving actually increased from the spring—and it continues to grow. The church community has simple, convenient options for making contributions to the church, and the staff has a reduced workload. These tools continue to be successful because church leadership stays up-to-date with the technology and regularly communicates with the church community about these giving options.

"Our giving has continued to grow as the church has, but the online giving has stabilized our week to week giving. We got people on board with these giving options simply by getting the word out and talking about it. We recognized that if we weren’t behind this, then adoption would be lack-luster. As a result, donors have responded and embraced these new tools, giving more consistently and sacrificially."

David Dixon, Administrative Pastor at Community Fellowship Church

"The SSK has been a God send!!! We absolutely love the kiosk. [It] has cut my workload in half in terms of data entry."